Illinois · Private foundation
John W Pope Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $47k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 13
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $500k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations John W Pope Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $47k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $44k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $36k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $50k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $38k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $31k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $31k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| People and Carnivores Inc | $41,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Red Feather Development Group | $30,100 | 7 | 1% |
| Land Stewardship Project | $23,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Back Porch Radio Broadcasting Inc | $20,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $20,400 | 7 | 0% |
| Rachel Carson Council Inc | $19,800 | 7 | 1% |
| Beyond Nuclear | $19,200 | 7 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois | $17,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Mission Compassion Paw Inc | $6,800 | 4 | 0% |
| World Beyond War | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| People and Carnivores Inc | $41,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Red Feather Development Group | $30,100 | 7 | 1% |
| Land Stewardship Project | $23,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Back Porch Radio Broadcasting Inc | $20,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $20,400 | 7 | 0% |
| Rachel Carson Council Inc | $19,800 | 7 | 1% |
| Beyond Nuclear | $19,200 | 7 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois | $17,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Mission Compassion Paw Inc | $6,800 | 4 | 0% |
| World Beyond War | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sophia House Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($67k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John W Pope Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About John W Pope Foundation
- How much does John W Pope Foundation give?
- John W Pope Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $47,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 13 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does John W Pope Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (23%), Animals (17%), Health (14%).
- Who are John W Pope Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: People and Carnivores Inc ($42k), Red Feather Development Group ($30k), Land Stewardship Project ($24k).
- Does John W Pope Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John W Pope Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John W Pope Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is John W Pope Foundation based?
- John W Pope Foundation is based in IL.
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